Providence Farms Under Constrution

Here on the farm we have been very busy! Several greenhouses that need to be built and plastic put on. Well, we just about got them both done now. We finally got the main structures done and got the plastic on. Now we are in the process of finishing the ends to warm up the tunnel to be able to plant. We're planting an early crop of tomatoes and bell peppers and hot peppers and eggplant in the tunnels that just got erected.
We've also been butchering lots of chickens! We've done 200 now! I think we have enough to sell through the summer for awhile. Just email us an order for some All-Natural, Hormone-Free, Range-Free chicken meat. $3.00 lb.
Our Nursery greenhouse is so overflowing! We have now put all the overflow into 2 other greenhouses. It is delaying the planting of those greenhouses but we have no other choice. Unfortunatly the weather has not cooperated and we have not been able to get crops in the fields. Hopefully we will be able to soon!
We are also busy running back and forth to KC for all the Farmer's Market meetings. We're very excited about all the new additions this year! We will be participating in the new Gladstone Farmer's Market as well as possibly starting up a new market in Kearney! That makes 7 markets for our family! Pray for us!
Thank you for all the customers who have been making this winter a success for us when coming down to KC every week to sell our produce. Sometimes it's pretty nasty weather and you all still come anyway!
If you look at the previous blog, I took some pictures of the high tunnels going up!

Providence Farms Under Construction

Trying to Stay Warm on the Farm

Here on the farm, we have to keep those precious little seedlings warm all the time. Even at night! That job falls on my husband, Gerry. The 4 boys are quite busy every day trying to keep up with the demand of wood. It seems those 300 gallon barrel stoves have an incredible appetite at night. Especially when it is below zero. These are the times that my girls and I are quite happy to be females! In our family, outside chores in the winter fall on the men to accomplish. The women folk stay inside where it is warm and make sure the men have hot meals to come in the house to eat.
We have taken some pictures so you can see our largest tunnel 28x200 without the plastic on and some of the other greenhouses that are being heated right now. We have alot of greens growing in them along with radishes, swiss chard and onions. Peppers, tomatoes, lots of herbs, leeks and salad mixes.
Gerry took some pictures of the cows so everyone can see the cows from which they get their milk and dairy products from. Daisy is the brown Jersey and Anna Belle is out in the pasture too. Little Maggie is one of our Holstien-Jersey heiffers that loves the attention of the little girls who still bottle feed her twice a day. There's never a dull moment at our farm. The men are busy trying to assemble a new 32x95 greenhouse in the MUD! The weather just doesn't want to cooperate with our schedule these days!
We're in the process of getting a website and working on Twitter and Facebook so be patient.

Planting Time Again

We are heading into winter and we're trying to finish planting our greenhouses with cold crops that will survive the temperatures here in Trenton, MO. Our son, Jeff has taken some pictures of what is growing nicely already. We have spinach, swiss chard, radishes, leeks, carrots, mache, arugula, mizuna, cress, (lots of salad mixes), kohlrabi, golden beets, tatsoi & broccoli. Enough anyway, to keep us busy along with the other field work that still needs to be done before snow flies!
We have done just a couple of our winter markets and are so thrilled there are so many of you out there who are willing to still come out on chilly days to get your fresh vegetables! Thank you so much!
Hopefully you are all getting the emails we send weekly noting what is available for that week. If you aren't, please email me and I will gladly try to fix it or add you to our list. You can email us at providencefarms@grundyec.net.
Alot of you are asking for our "sales associates" (the children) so we'll try to bring them occasionally to keep up their customer skills:)
If you decide to come visit us at one of our Winter Delivery Locations please feel free to do so. We always load up the van with lots of extra produce just in case. Here's where we are on Tuesdays only!

Crowleys Furniture Mart Parking Lot (Hwy. 152 & 291)
(same location as the farmers market originally was)
10:00am - 11:30am

BriarCliff Village Area - Green Acres Parking Lot
(same location as the farmers market originally was)
12:00 noon - 1:30pm

If you don't live close enough to come, just email me and we can easily ship what you need.

Picking Pumpkins

These are just a few pictures of all the work....and fun we have on the farm.

FALL IS IN THE AIR!

I can't believe markets are coming to an end already. Boy, the season has really flown by this year. We are knee deep in pumpkins, squash and mums now! I thought lugging around watermelons and cantaloupe were heavy......needless to say I'm getting a workout! We have had a bumper crop of pumpkins this year, actually the best ever. We'll probaby be baking pumpkin till spring next year we grew so many. So we welcome any interesting recipes for pumpkins and squash from you all. We won't go hungry this winter, that's for sure. I'm throwing in a few pictures of the family picking pumpkins and us at a fall festival. We want to say a big "THANK YOU" to all of our customers this season and we so appreciate your business. We love what we do, but we couldn't do it without you all to buy our products. So many of you have become treasured friends and we will keep you in our prayers during the winter months and pray to see you again in the Spring. We are keeping a list of everyones email, name, or phone # so we can let you know when markets start again in the spring. Thanks again and May God Bless You!

Gerry, Lisa, Jeff, Shayla, Jesse, Josiah, Jonah, Sarai, Salome, Selah, Shemaiah, and Shekinah Newman